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SCOTT'S LAST EXPEDITION [October 
blowing a blizzard, with heavy drift, impossible to see 
five yards, 
October 15. — The wind dropped in the morning, but 
the weather remained overcast. Priestley went collecting 
and taking photographs, while the rest of us took one 
sledge half-way over to Point Penelope, as our load was 
very big after picking up the depots. 
October 16. — Weather overcast and snowing, but much 
warmer ; we went round the bay collecting. It is im- 
possible to get on to any of the glaciers from the sea ice, 
as they are all wall-faced. 
October 17.— After getting some photographs of ice- 
bergs we started for Point Penelope. The forenoon was 
fine, but during our halt for lunch a heavy bank of cloud 
worked up from the N., and soon after resuming our 
march a S.E. wind sprang up, bringing snow and drift. 
The weather got so bad we had to leave one sledge about 
a mile out, and got into camp in the cave with the others 
just as the blizzard came on. In the cave we were as 
snug as could be, and finding some seal meat Levick had 
left, put it in the hoosh and had a great feed. 
October 19. — Temperature zero. Weather very thick. 
We laid out a depot off the Dugdale ice tongue which 
will do for our next trip into Robertson Bay. 
October 20. — Weather very thick ; land on the other 
side of the bay being obscured, we had to shape course 
by compass to Cape Adare. Starting about 9, we pulled 
through the fog, getting into rather troublesome pack, 
till one o'clock, when we halted for lunch. During lunch 
the fog lifted, and by climbing a berg I was able to see 
